Meanwhile, yesterday the five commissioners on the PHA board were preparing for an executive session tomorrow, when "decisive action" may be taken on Greene's future at the agency, according to City Controller Alan Butkovitz.
Butkovitz, who appointed two of the board members, said he expected the board to thoroughly review the accusations against Greene and take aggressive action.
"I'm hoping that there would be a suspension at this point," Butkovitz said. "A lot of the stuff you've reported is really very grave. I don't think the board should just leave things as they are."
The scholarship fund that the contractor was advised to pay into - the Carl R. Greene Achievement Scholarship Program - was set up by Tenant Support Services Inc., a nonprofit agency under contract with PHA to provide tenant services.
Managed by the Philadelphia Foundation, the scholarship fund has $15,000, according to foundation spokeswoman Betsy Anderson.
TSSI has come under fire for soliciting donations to Greene's 10-year PHA anniversary party in 2008. The requested contributions from vendors, ranging from $1,000 to $5,000, went to the scholarship fund, according to PHA officials.
TSSI has not responded to requests for information on how it spends its money. PHA yesterday did not answer questions about how many students have received scholarships.
Zack Stalberg, president of the watchdog group Committee of Seventy, questioned the fund yesterday.
"Based on what we already know, the fund is tied a little bit too closely to the day-to-day operations of the housing authority," Stalberg said.
PHA also is being audited by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Office of the Inspector General, which is looking at PHA's use of stimulus funding to improve the city's scattered-site housing.
